Jeffrey Ebert wrote: > Eric Delaunay wrote: > > > > Jeffrey Ebert wrote: > > > Thanks for the bootdisks, Eric. > > > > > > I was able to boot with the new disks yesterday on my SS2, but only when > > > I entered "/fd;/linux" at the boot prompt. If I hit ENTER, then it > > > reported a read error on block 65 (or byte 65, I can't remember). This > > > must be a SILO problem with certain hardware/PROM combinations. > > > > Happy to see it works :-)) > > BTW, can you explain me the syntax a bit further ? I don't understand the > > first part: /fd; > > Is this working on all sparcs ? (then I could put it the default for silo) > > > > IIRC, the full syntax is [<openprom path>;][<partition number>]<path to > kernel>. If you type help at the SILO prompt you will get a brief > explanation of this. /fd is a short path to the floppy disk that > openprom understands. There are longer paths as well, but this is sort > of like a symlink. I didn't check the archives, but I think someone else > posted this solution for the old bootdisks. Maybe that individual can > step forward and give a better answer?
Well, I tried /fd;/linux with no success at all on my SparcClassic :-( (ROM rev 2.12). SILO boot: /fd;/linux or SILO boot: /fd;1/linux gives the following error: Fatal error: Couldn't open device /fd Image not found... try again It seems newer workstations doesn't support /fd alias :-( Rather than making it the default, I will document it in the release notes. Thanks for the explanation. Regards. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)
